SF reaches $400K settlement proposal in Nevada patient-dumping case
San Franciscos more than two-year legal battle with Nevada over the states practice of sending psychiatric patients to The City has reached a conclusion in a $400,000 settlement pending approval by the Board
of Supervisors and the state of Nevada.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera launched an investigation and subsequently filed a lawsuit over the dumping of patients after the Sacramento Bee exposed the practice by a Las Vegas-based psychiatric hospital in 2013.
The amount of the proposed settlement is $400,000. Other details are not yet public. The lawsuit also sought protections to ensure the practice would not occur again. The Nevada Board of Examiners would need to approve of the terms, which it may do as early as Oct. 13.
In a statement issued Friday to the San Francisco Examiner, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said that the settlement would validate the patient management best practices and procedures which Nevada has had in place for two years. He added, We look forward to working with California to ensure all patient transfers to and from both states are managed using these best practices and adhering to conditions detailed in the agreement.
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